NBDHE failure rate, 3 reasons it’s worse than 10 years ago

About this episode

This episode discusses the rising NBDHE failure rate and its contributing factors.

In 2014, the failure rate was about 4%. Over the past year, the failure rate has risen to 11-14%. Why? There's a lot more to learn nowadays. We have more anxiety in general. We are also more distracted. Find out more about why I think this trend is alarming (and what you can do to NOT fail the NBDHE) #1 dental hygiene boards review: 🇺🇸 StudentRDH.com 🇨🇦 StudentRDH.ca

People in this episode

Host: Claire Jeong

Topics covered

• NBDHE
• failure rate
• dental hygiene
• anxiety
• distraction
• education

Keywords

• NBDHE
• failure rate
• dental hygiene boards
• anxiety
• distraction
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: StudentRDH.com, StudentRDH.ca

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